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-- New York TimesThe Network is a provocative, pulse-pounding novel that dares to ask the question: who’s really in charge?

-- Vengeance is a heart-pounding thriller that raises serious questions about our national security, the power of religious faith to inspire good and evil, the consequences of revenge, and the validity of our constitutional safeguards.

-- New York Times  -- explores the lies we tell ourselves to feel safe.

In an innovative new approach, Macmillan Audio and Steve Berry have produced an expanded, annotated Writer's Cut audiobook edition of The Patriot ThreatNew York TimesWhat if the Federal income tax is illegal?A Macmillan Audio production.

-- -- There, Simon will be tasked with his most dangerous mission yet: trekking through the African bush to locate a group of terrorists responsible for abducting the granddaughter of the US Secretary of State. Although Simon prefers to work alone, he is accompanied by university professor Jadine Visser, an old flame, who quickly proves adept at survival. But why is she involved? And how will they locate the underground militant group bent on using...

It was a "million-dollar bullet," a sniper shot delivered from over a mile away. Its victim was no ordinary mark: he was a United States citizen, targeted by the United States government, and assassinated in the Bahamas. The nation's most renowned investigator and forensics expert, Lincoln Rhyme, is drafted to investigate. While his partner, Amelia Sachs, traces the victim's steps in Manhattan, Rhyme leaves the city to pursue the sniper himself. As...

From the New York TimesOn Black Friday, the American Way Mall is packed with holiday shoppers and bargain hunters. Suddenly, machine-gun fire rings out, and within minutes hundreds are dead or dying. Others are taken hostage by an army of fanatical Middle Eastern terrorists ready to blast the American Way Mall into a pile of rubble. But one man—Iraq War vet Tobey Lanning—refuses to go down without a fight.Separated from his soon-to-be fiancée,...

-- Kirkus ReviewsMeet the Kings, one of the most influential families in New York City. In the power circles of the movers and shakers, they are regarded as modern-day royalty. A politically connected father, a socialite mother, and three promising children: they look every bit the all-American family . . . but every family has secrets. Some darker than others. -- On the night of their mother’s fiftieth birthday gala, their father, Chancellor,...

An African coup may force Josh Duffy to choose between his mission and his family in this intense thriller from the #1 New York Times Josh Duffy and his wife Nikki are both working for the State Department's Diplomatic Security Service providing protection for diplomats in the field. They've been sent to Ghana with a team of US embassy personnel who are there to highlight American commitment to the construction of a new dam.  Since Ghana is a stable...